Goa to host Asian Billiards, Snooker Championship

Panaji: The 11th ONGC Asian Billards Championship and 13th ONGC Asian U-21 Snooker Championship will be held for the first time in Goa from April 2-8 at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Miramar.

It will hosted by the Billiards and snooker Association of Goa(BSAG) under the aegis of the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) and is recognised by Indian Olympic Association and Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports, Thailand.

Around 13 countries will go head-to-head in one of the biggest billiards and snooker championships in Goa. In one of the strongest line-ups, players from Sri Lanka, China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Pakistan, India Iran, Thailand and the UAE will battle it out for the crowns.

Players with seedings for Asian men billiards: Alok kumar(India), Praput(Thailand), Peter Gillchrist(Singapore), Pankaj Advani (India), International stars Anda Zhang of China, Noppon Saegkhon of Thailand, Hosein Vafaei of Iran, who recently won the IBSF World Snooker Championships would be seen in action on five tables, four sessions a day.